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Cookies are used in many different ways on the web, the vast majority of them beneficial to visitors. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic, how people find our site and improve our website and services in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes. To find out more about Google Analytics cookies click here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website and service, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser privacy setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

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